Researchers interested in Microbial Pathogenesis
Caitilyn Allen
Position title: Professor
Email: callen@wisc.edu
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Plant Pathology
Physiology and genetics of bacterial plant pathogens
David Andes
Position title: Professor
Email: dra@medicine.wisc.edu
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Antifungal activity and drug resistance
Helen Blackwell
Position title: Professor
Email: blackwell@chem.wisc.edu
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Chemistry
Quorum sensing in animal and plant-associated bacteria, artificial bacterial signaling molecules
Curtis Brandt
Position title: Professor
Email: crbrandt@wisc.edu
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Ophthalmology/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Virology, pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus, gene therapy and antiviral drugs
Silvia Cavagnero
Position title: Professor
Email: cavagnero@chem.wisc.edu
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Chemistry
Mechanism of protein folding, misfolding and aggregation in the bacterial cell
Charles Czuprynski
Position title: Professor
Email: charles.czuprynski@wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Sciences
Immunology and pathogenic bacteria
Joseph Dillard
Position title: Professor
Email: jpdillard@wisc.edu
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Johanna Elfenbein
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: jelfenbein@wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella gut colonization and transmission
Katrina Forest
Position title: Professor
Email: forest@bact.wisc.edu
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Bacteriology
Structural biology of pathogenesis
Thomas Friedrich
Position title: Professor
Email: tfriedri@wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Science
Immunity to pandemic viruses: HIV and influenza
Paul Friesen
Position title: Professor
Email: pfriesen@wisc.edu
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Biochemistry
Molecular biology of eukaryotic DNA viruses, apoptosis and retrotransposons
Thaddeus (Ted) Golos
Position title: Professor
Email: golos@primate.wisc.edu
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Comparative Bioscience
Biology of the maternal-fetal interface
Katie Henzler-Wildman
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: henzlerwildm@wisc.edu
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Biochemistry
Molecular mechanisms of drug efflux and bacterial secondary active transport
Andrew Hryckowian
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: hryckowian@medicine.wisc.edu
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Gut microbiome-host interactions
Christina Hull
Position title: Professor
Email: cmhull@wisc.edu
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Biomolecular Chemistry
Molecular biology of human fungal pathogens
Tu Anh Huynh
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: thuynh6@wisc.edu
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Food Science
Bacterial signal transduction, bacterial pathogenesis and stress response
Eric Johnson
Position title: Professor
Email: eajohnso@wisc.edu
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Bacteriology
Clostridium botulinum and its toxins; food and industrial microbiology
Lindsay Kalan
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: lkalan@wisc.edu
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Skin microbiome in health and disease, host-microbe/microbe-microbe interactions
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Position title: Professor
Email: kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular mechanism of interspecies transmission of virus leading to pandemics in humans
Bruce Klein
Position title: Professor
Email: bsklein@wisc.edu
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Pediatrics/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Microbial-host interactions and pathogenesis
Laura Knoll
Position title: Professor
Email: ljknoll@wisc.edu
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of development and pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii
Jeniel Nett
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: jenett@medicine.wisc.edu
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Immune responses to fungal biofilm infection
David O'Connor
Position title: Professor
Email: dhoconno@wisc.edu
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Genetics and immunology of HIV
Shelby O'Connor
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: slfeinberg@wisc.edu
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Host and vaccine-elicited immune responses to SIV/HIV
Matt Reynolds
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: mrreynol@wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Sciences
Investigate adaptive immune responses to prevent or eliminate AIDS virus infections
Wilmara Salgado-Pabón
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: wsalgado@wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Sciences
Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus
JD Sauer
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: sauer3@wisc.edu
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Bacterial pathogenesis
Judy Smith
Position title: Associate Professor
Email: jsmith27@pediatrics.wisc.edu
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Pediatrics/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
The intersection of endoplasmic reticulum stress, infectious and inflammatory diseases
Adel Talaat
Position title: Professor
Email: atalaat@wisc.edu
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular pathogenesis of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis
Rodney Welch
Position title: Professor
Email: rawelch@wisc.edu
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular analysis of bacteria pathogens
Thea Whitman
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: twhitman@wisc.edu
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Soil Science
Microbial ecology, terrestrial biogeochemistry, bioinformatics, and stable isotopes
Jon Woods
Position title: Professor
Email: jpwoods@wisc.edu
Website
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Pathogenic mechanisms host-parasite interactions